These include: In 1959 he became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; in 1967 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences ; the ACM's Turing Award for making " basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing " ( 1975 ); the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics " for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations " ( 1978 ); the National Medal of Science ( 1986 ); and the APA's Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology ( 1993 ).

Abelson is also the winner of the 1995 Taylor L. Booth Education Award given by IEEE Computer Society, cited for his continued contributions to the pedagogy and teaching of introductory computer science, and the winner of the 2012 ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education.

* In June 2008, MITRE was presented with the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service for " significant contributions in communications, command and control decision-making, intelligence, cyberspace, and warfighter field support, as well as research and development.

* American Astronautical Society's Melbourne W. Boynton Award for " Outstanding contributions to the biomedical aspects of space flight.

* Presents two annual awards for outstanding contributions to the field and to SAGE: the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Chuck Yerkes Award

Some young, mid-aged teaching experts and some experts who take the advantages of compassionate allowance issued by the State Department, and some teachers are the candidates for " New Century Outstanding expert Project " excellent experts of the province, mid-aged experts with outstanding contributions, and young excellent experts of the Provincial Social Science, etc.

In 2012 the British Neuroscience Association gave him a lifetime award for " Outstanding contributions to neuroscience.

He was recognized as one of the Five Outstanding Young Houstonians in 1994 by the Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce, and as one of the Five Outstanding Young Texans in 1994 by the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce, and in 1999 was elected to the prestigious American Law Institute based upon his contributions to the law.

** Irving L. Burrows, McDonnell Aircraft Outstanding professional Company contributions as a test pilot during F15A development program

The Outstanding Chapter Award was created in 1957 and then renamed the Joseph Torchia Outstanding Chapter Award in 1970 to honor Mr. Torchia for his many contributions to Phi Sigma Pi over the course of four decades.

In 2009, Prof. Whinston was honored with the Career Award for Outstanding Research Contributions at The University of Texas at Austin for singularly significant research contributions made by a tenured or tenure-track faculty member over an extended period of time.

Outstanding among them were contributions from Joseph Waltl and Heinrich Georg Bronn, These induced him to work up a supplementary volume, which was notable for the division of the genera Tachina, Musca and Anthomyia into a number of genera based upon more critical characters than those used previous French and English workers.

In the Flores De Mayo program, the Gawad Rambac ti Daya, Most Outstanding Anak ti Dos is awarded to the most deserving resident that made great impact and unsurmounted selfless contributions through civil service, social work, religious, and human rights advocacy, and youth and sports development.

Among his many awards and recognitions are: NASA Group Achievement Award, ORS Flight Experiment, 1986, NASA Productivity Improvement Award, New TCS Blanket Inspection Method, 1989, Golden Eagle Award, TCS Inspection, 1989, NASA Productivity Improvement Award, Thermal Interactive Mission Evaluation System ( TIMES-89 ), 1989, Silver Snoopy award, STS-40 Payload Bar Door Seal Anomaly, 1991, NASA Fellowship Program, 1992, NASA Group Achievement Award, Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment, 1995, Space Act Award, Thermal Interactive Mission Evaluation System, 1995, AR & SD Elite Team Award, Letter of Recognition from the Chief of the Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division, for support given to operational evaluation of the FGB grapple fixture, Space Act Award, Thermal Synthesizer System, TSS, 1996, Letter of Recognition from the NASA Administrator, Daniel S. Goldin, for contributions in the development of the Quantitative Risk Assessment System ( QRAS ) model, 1997, NASA Group Achievement Award, Space Shuttle Risk Model Team, 1998, NASA Group Achievement Award, Space Station Phase 1 Program Team, 1998, NASA Group Achievement Award, Orbiter Upgrades Definition Team, 1998, Various Outstanding Performance Ratings, and Performance Awards, 1985 – 1997, Chairman, Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop ( TFAWS ), International Conference, NASA JSC, 1997, and the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.

He has also received the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse from the College Historical Society for his contribution to ending apartheid.

It also won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle in 1968, and Outstanding Production from the Outer Critics Circle in 1969.

Outstanding issues from that war, including prisoner of war exchanges and support of armed opposition parties operating in each other ’ s territory, remain to be solved.

Outstanding examples of this include monazite crystals from the tin deposits in Llallagua, Bolivia, ancylite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, or lanthanite from the Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania.

The play also won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle in 1968, and Outstanding Production from the Outer Critics Circle in 1969.

The first edition of The Mismeasure of Man won the non-fiction award from the National Book Critics Circle ; the Outstanding Book Award for 1983 from the American Educational Research Association ; the Italian translation was awarded the Iglesias prize in 1991 ; and in 1998, the Modern Library ranked it as the 24th-best non-fiction book of all time.

having received the Outstanding Lawyer Award from the Arkansas Bar Association, while being described as the " soul " of Rose Law Firm and soon being named one of " The Best Lawyers in America.

* Outstanding Learning Disabled Achievers Award from the Lab School in Washington, DC

Furtado was also featured in " Breathe " from Swollen Members " Monsters in the Closet " release ; the video for " Breathe ," directed by Spawn creator Todd MacFarlane, won the 2003 Western Canadian Music Awards Outstanding Video and MuchVIBE Best Rap Video.

In 1998 he received an Outstanding Contribution Award for his TV -/ movie-soundtracks, and made a cameo-appearance in children's movie Abeltje as a member of a vocal group from South America learning his own song Smoorverliefd.

The show's two judges / mentors are the original show's longest-serving Young Talent Team member Tina Arena ( who appeared from 1977 to 1983 – six years 6 Months ), and Filipino-American choreographer Charles Klapow, one of the winners of the Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Choreography ’ for High School Musical 2.

It received high praise from critics, including Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series three years in a row ( 1975 – 77 ), and continued to be honored long after the final episode aired.

Late Show with David Letterman has been nominated as Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series for its entire 16 season run from the 1993-94 season through the 2008-09 season.

* Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing-Comedy Series for various episodes of Seinfeld from 1991 – 1994.

Actress Kirstie Alley is known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987 – 1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991.

Novell received an Outstanding Website Award in the WebAward Competition for their Cool Solutions website with a searchable database of advice, tools and problem fixes submitted by users from all over the world.

The film won the inaugural Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America, and was nominated for the Humanitas Prize and the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.

Outstanding examples of early baroque " ciaccone " are Monteverdi's " Zefiro torna " and " Es steh Gott auf " from Heinrich Schütz.

Outstanding Greek public figures in the 20th century include Cretan-born Eleutherios Venizelos, prominent statesman of the interwar period ; Ioannis Metaxas, dictator from 1936 until his death ; Constantine Karamanlis, prime minister ( 1955 – 63, 1974 – 80 ) and president ( 1980 – 85 ) of Greece ; George Papandreou, head of the Center Union Party and prime minister ( 1963 – 65 ); and his son Andreas Papandreou, the PASOK leader who became prime minister in 1981.

Former University of Kentucky basketball star Jeff Sheppard, the Most Outstanding Player of the 1998 NCAA Tournament who briefly played in the NBA, now lives in London.

* NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player ( 1995 – 96 )

Matt Duchene collected Scholastic Player of the Year honors, while Cody Hodgson named the OHL ’ s most Sportsmanlike player and Most Outstanding Player.

He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in the 1963, 1966, and 1969 seasons.

Flutie was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player a record six times, and was named the MVP in all three of his Grey Cup victories.

Category: Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player Award winners

UConn's Emeka Okafor is named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

UConn's Diana Taurasi is named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

* Phil Nevin of Cal State Fullerton Titans is named the tournaments Most Outstanding Player and awarded the Golden Spikes Award for college player of the year

In the Canadian Football League they also have the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award and Most Outstanding Canadian Player Award ( regular season ) and the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player ( playoffs ).

* NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player Award

Tim Cofield became the only Mad Dogs player to win the James P. McCaffrey Trophy as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the South Division.

Curiously, two players, Joe Montford and Elfrid Payton, would later go on to fame as winners of the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award ( added to this pair is Greg Stumon, who was a former winner of the same award ).

After the season, Joe Kapp became the first BC Lion to receive the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the Western Conference and Tom Brown became the first Lion to win the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award.

They used that pick to draft forward Bismack Biyombo and then drafted Kemba Walker, the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, with 9th pick in the draft.

During their history, the Argonauts have featured 39 Hall of Fame players, including CFL Most Outstanding Player ( MOP ) award winners Condredge Holloway, and Michael " Pinball " Clemons.

Michael " Pinball " Clemons set a pro football record with 3, 300 all-purpose yards, and became the third Argo to win the CFL's Outstanding Player award.